Weasley Poverty, Working Wizard Women; was Molly & Arthur - was Why I like Ginny

[phoenixgod2000]

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Tonks now:
> 
> The woman has born 7 children, she has more than fullfilled any 
duty 
> she has to society and to her husband. AND she cared for them and 
> her husband, and home schooled them for God sakes. She doesn't 
have 
> to work one more day!! 

It's not about duty to society or husband. It's about common sense. 
In the book where Harry goes with the Weasleys to their vault, I 
think CoS, Molly is fretting about being able to afford books for 
all of her kids and their vault is nearly empty. While I realize 
that wizards have longer productive years, what are they going to 
retire on? Do they have any savings at all? Her kids are gone ten 
months out of the year. She should get some sort of job so they can 
build up their savings and better afford things for their kids. It 
just doesn't make sense that she wouldn't have a job making some 
kind of money, even if it was just something she could run out of 
the burrow.  your argument holds up for the past when she had a lot 
of young children underfoot, but now I think she needs to get a job.

<shrug> Maybe she does and it just hasn't been mentioned. 


I *totally* disagree with you. She can work 
> if she wants to, but she doesn't have to. Besides she does work 
for 
> the Order too. And being a homemaker she does a lot more than her 
> Husband does, even when there are no children at home. The poor 
> woman works like a house elf!! 
> 
> Tonks_op

I don't think we need to get into an argument about who does more 
work between a husband and wife. That way lies maddness. I will say 
that Arthur puts in a lot of long hours and clearly works hard.

I will take issue with your assertion that she works like house elf. 
She works like a house elf doing what, exactly? Her kids are out on 
their own or at Hogwarts being taken care of by actual house elves. 
I can't imagine that cleaning charms are all that hard to cast, 
especially after many decades of using them. without all those 
people underfoot I doubt her house even needs that much cleaning all 
the time. I could have understood the argument if we were only 
talking about summer. she was clearly working hard before the World 
Cup, but on the average I doubt she spends all that much time in 
mindless household drudgery.

Magic is cool like that.

phoenixgod2000